October 26, 2007 10:36AM # SCHIP: Weak Arguments Beget Bad Poll Results By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE The Kaiser Family Foundation has released the results of a [poll](http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr101707pkg.cfm) on the [State Children’s Health Insurance Program](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8697) that it sponsored with National Public Radio and the Harvard School of Public Health. According to a [summary](http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7704.pdf): > \[One question\] provided proponents’ and opponents’ strongest arguments. Even when presented with these pros and cons, support \[for expanding SCHIP\] stays at 65 percent. And just what were the “opponents’ strongest arguments”? > Opponents say the expansion would encourage some families who have private health insurance to drop it in favor of government-funded coverage. They also say the expansion will wind up covering some children in middle-class families. Not exactly what I would call [the strongest arguments against SCHIP](https://www.cato.org/2007/10/17/how-to-argue-against-schip/). The fault, however, lies not with the poll’s sponsors. If opponents of SCHIP expansion use weak arguments, that’s what the pollsters will test. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).